Fish-rod holder.



J, TOWNE, FISH ROD HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1912.

Patented May 7, 1912.

INVENTOR) 757i72 Twine WITNESSES.-

I a fish-rod-holder, more especially designed To all 'uiiicm it may concern JOHN rowunor srnmermw, MASSACHUSETTS.

FISH-ROD 110mm Application filed January 18, 1912. Serial No. 671,905.

' Be it known that 1-, JOHN Towns, a citizen of the .United States of America, and resident of Springfield, in the county of Ham'pdenand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Rod Holders, ofwhich the following a full, clear, and. exact descrip- "tion;

The object of this invention is provide foruse o'nboats or canoes, which ,isof extremely simple and inexpensive construction, and by the use of which a fishrod may be supported and positioned to extend ofi from the side of the boat, either squarely I at right angles thereto or with any degree of inclination forwardly or rearwardl'y, or

to extendina line practically parallel to as to have any of the above referred to po-- the length of the boat, or to be reversed so sitions relatively to the opposite'side'of' the ...boat and to be susceptible of positioning either in a horizontal line of extension hr with an upward or a downward inclination.

'The invention is described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and is';set

' forth in the claims.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the fish-'rod-holder, with a fish rod supported thereby, mounted on the side rail of a boat. Fig. 2 isan'elevation, as seen at the inner side of the fish rod holder, which latter is shown'as mounted on a boat seat. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation as seen on and beyond theplane indicated by line 3 3, Fig, 2. a

- In the drawings, A represents an upright support having an. attachment clamp B which is so constructed'and jointed that it may be used on the side rail of a boat or canoe asrepresented in Fig. 1, or on the front or rear edge portion of a seat or thwart, as indicated in Figs. Qand 3. The upper portion of the upright support A is ."of an approximately circular form, the central part a of which is of an axially horizonta'l dish shape as more especially representedin Fig. 3; and it has the aperture 7) t-heret-hrough. The portions aZ-andxol marthe portion 03 is made with teeth f in-an are or curve arrangement; andthe said part at has the-opposite horizontally extended lugs g g to form stops. I p

(1 represents a screw threaded stud rotatively' engaged through the aperture Him the dished portion of the upright support, the same having a clamping. thumb nut h thereon --at ones1de of thei support and pro am ss critters Patent. Pate t d May '7, 1912,

vided with an axially-vertical eye j at the other side, such eye forming portion, being more or-less accommodated within the depression formed in the dish portion of the support.

D represents the fish rod holder made in the form of a frame or bar having an upwardly open yoke is. at its forwardor outer end, and an inverted hook shaped member m at its opposite end for the retention of the butt portion of a fish rod in ,a' manner common 1n this general class of devices; and the holder is provided with'a depending stem 0 which is'rotatively engaged through the eye member j of the screwjstud C, such stem having portions above and below the eye in contact againstthe substantially plane faced portions-112d of the support. Theistem is provided with a shoulder at below the eye member to act as astop to prevent the accidental withdrawal .of the stem ofthe fish rod holder upwardly out from the eye member. The portion of the stem 0 somewhat above the eye member is made of afpinio'n form, that is the teeth in circular arrangement, as indicated am,

right support.

When the parts have been adjusted for the proper positioning of the fish rod to suit the fisherman, the thumb nut is securely tightfor engagement with the teeth. f of the up- 'ened against. the o'uterface of the upright support, binding the depending. stem of the fish rod holder against the face of the upright support; and such nut serves the double purpose of preventing rotative movement of .the eye provided screw stud, and any swiveling movement of' the depending stem ,of the holderf The rotative movement on its vertical axis-of thedepending. stem is, furthermore, safeguarded against by the provision of the interengagement teeth. f'and 1i.

'.By loosening and slightly freeing the thumb nut, the stem of the holder may by its v toothed .or pinion-like. part have a" rolling ginally of and above and below the dished; part a are in a common vertical. plane, but" movement-on the series of teeth, arranged in support without being disengaged from mesh with such teeth, at times when the line of lateral extension of the fish pole is tdi'lie varied;'but for omplete or approximately I entire reversal of the holder member D and certain other adjustments thereof, the thumb nut .will be loosenedto an extent to permit a series of teeth on its face, a screw threaded stud engaging through said aperture, having a thumb nutengaging thereon at one side of the upright support, and having a vertical eye at the other side'of such support, and a fish-rod-holder provided with a stem, positioned' alongside the face ofthe upright support, rotatively engaged through the said eye, made with a pinion shapedporti'on for engagement with the teeth on the support,

and provided with a shoulder below said eye.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination, an upright support provided with an attachment clamp, and having the upper portion thereof of an axially horizontal dish shape provided with a transverse aperture therethrough, a screw threaded stud rotatively engaged through said aperture having a thumb nut thereon at the outer side of the upright support and having an axially vertical .eye partially accommodated within the concave inner side of the support, a 'fish-rod-holder provided with a' depending -.stem having a position of engagement against the inner face of said upright sup:

port, and engaged through the said eye,hav-

ing a shoulder below the eye and stops provided on the uprightsupport at opposite sides of said stem for limiting the oscillatory movementof the latter in a vertical plane.

3. In a device of the character described, in combination, an upright support having an attachment clamp and having the upper portion thereof of'an approximately circular form, the central part of which is of an axially horizontal dish shape, and having parts thereof marginally of the dished part conformed to a vertical plane, and made above the dished part with a series of teeth' in' arc arrangement, and having outstanding lugs-at the opposite ends of the teeth, a

screw threaded stud rotatively engaged horizontally through the dished portion of the support, having a thumb nut thereon at one side of the support, and having an axially vertical eye at the other side, holder having a depending stem rotatively engaged through said eye, having the porand a fish-rodtions above andibelow such eyev in. contact 1 against the plane. faced portions of the support,ha-ving ashoulderbelow .the eye and having its portion above the latter made with a circularly arranged piece for en-' gagement "with the teeth of the upright supor't." A a I Signedby me at Springfield,\Mass., in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

\J HN TOWNE. Witnesses:

WVM. S. BEL ows,

G. R. DRIsooLL, 

